Flat-iron stand and polisher.



G. G. HUNT. PLAT IRON STAND AND POLISHER. APPLICATION FILED JULY12, 1911.

1,029,446. Patented June 11, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,wASHINOTON. D. C.

GEORGE G. HUNT, OF PLANO, ILLINOIS.

FLAT-IRON STAND AND POLISI-IER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Application filed July 12, 1911. Serial No. 638,123.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plano, in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron Stands and Polishers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is an improved flat iron stand and polisher and embodies a stand and polishing or cleaning pad holder arranged side by side, made of sheet metal and provided with a common wall which connects them together forms a support for one side of the stand and also projects above the stand to form a guard flange therefor; another feature of the invention being the construction of the sheet metal stand with transverse slots and with scraping ribs upturned from the bottom of the stand and at the sides of the slots so that said scraping ribs also serve to reinforce the sheet metal stand and greatly strengthen the construction thereof, the invention further consisting in the construction and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved flat iron stand and polisher which is extremely cheap and simple and is very strong and durable.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a cleaning pad of novel construction, for use on the polisher or pad holder and which serves to effectually clean a flat iron in an exceedingly short space of time.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a flat iron stand and polisher constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line aa of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a. section taken on the plane indicated by the line b?) of Fig. 1.

My improved flat iron stand and polisher, in practice, is made of sheet metal. The bottom 1 of the stand 2 is provided at its outer side with an upturned longitudinal guard flange 3. The holder or polisher 4B which extends from the opposite side of the stand is disposed at a lower plane than that of the stand and is connected to the inner side of the stand by a wall 5 which is common both to the stand and to the holder and forms a support for the inner side of the stand. The said wall extends upwardly from the inner side of the holder and is doubled as at 6 so as to provide it with two plies or thicknesses 5, 7, the former extending upwardly from the holder and the latter from the stand so that the upper portion of the said wall projects above the bottom of the stand and forms a guard flange which is opposite and parallel with the guard flange 3. The holder 4- has a depressed portion 8 in which is fitted a cleaning or polishing pad 9. The outer side of the stand 2 is provided at its corners with suitable supportings legs 10, the upper ends of which are riveted thereto as at 11.

The bottom of the stand, which is made of sheet metal, is formed with a suitable number of spaced transverse slots 12, at one side of each of which is a scraping rib 13. The said ribs are upturned from the bottom of the stand and are beveled to provide scraping edges 14 on which the flat iron rests when the iron is placed on the stand and, hence, when the iron is drawn lengthwise from the stand the said scraping ribs scrape the bottom thereof and remove starch or other matter as will be understood. The scraping ribs not only act to scrape the bottom of the iron but also, by reason of their being upturned from the bottom of the stand, serve to reinforce the stand and greatly strengthen the construction thereof as will be understood.

The pad 9 comprises a body 15 of asbestos and a filler of waxy material, which may be either paraflin, wax or other suitable material. In preparing the cleaning pad the asbestos body is dipped in melted parafiin or wax or the wax or paraffin may be first melted and then poured on and rubbed in the asbestos body. The waxy material which forms a filler for the pad acts in conjunction with the asbestos body of the pad to thoroughly clean and polish the bottom of a flat iron when the iron is heated and rubbed on the pad.

While I have herein shown and described what I now consider a preferred form of my invention I would have it understood that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the several parts within the scope of my invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my lnvention I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a metal sheet having horizontal portions disposed side by side and one in a higher plane than the other and respectively forming a flat iron stand and a cleaning pad holder, the central portion of said sheetbeing doubled and forming a common wall for and between the stand and holder, the upper portion of said wall extending above the stand and said wall also forming a support for one side of the stand, the bottom of the stand being provided with transverse slots and scraping ribs struck up from the sides of said slots and forming reinforces therefor, said stand having supporting clevices at its outer side.

2. A device of the class described comprising a metal sheet having horizontal portions disposed side by side and one in a higher lane than the other and respectively forming a flat iron stand and a cleaning pad holder, the central portion of said sheet being doubled and forming a common wall for and between the stand and holder, the upper portion of said wall extending above the stand and said wall also forming a support for one side of the stand, the bottom of the stand being provided with transverse slots and scraping ribs struck up from the sides of said slots and forming reinforces therefor, said stand having supporting devices at its outer side, and the said holder having a depressed portion for the reception of a cleaning and polishing pad.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE G. HUNT. \Vitnesses:

HAROLD K. JONES, R. W. SIBLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

